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Paddling through the everglades with the Chairlift singer's new alter ego

Fresh off of penning “No Angel” for Beyoncé’, Chairlift frontwoman Caroline Polachek [previously] is keeping the momentum going with a new solo project and album. The alter ego is Ramona Lisa and the album is Arcadia, a pastoral-themed release that she recorded by herself, on her laptop. From the album comes the lush, hazy "Dominic," for which she has shared this video,......read more

For Dulux Walls' Let's Colour Project, director Adam Berg shot everyday citizens brightening their communities by painting schools, streets, homes and squares in vibrant colors. A total of 120 different colours were utilized in four weeks of footage shot in four countries: Brazil, France, the UK and India. The wonderful song is "Go Do" by Jonsi (of Sigur Ros fame)....read more

Soulful South Carolina native Chaz Bundick (Toro Y Moi) followed up his 2011 indie rock breakout Underneath The Pines with a more dancefloor-oriented electronic sound on Anything In Return, released early in 2013. "Rose Quartz," one of the album highlights, now has a new video created by Lauren Gregory, who turned Bundick and his bandmates into a moving series of paintings. Colors melt and......read more

If you have something against romantic, borderline cheesy music videos, you might want to sit this one out. Otherwise you're going to be squirming in your seat watching the new(ish) bit for "Stay Young, Go Dancing" off Death Cab For Cutie’s Codes And Keys LP. Director Claire Carre spins up a literal interpretation of the song's title, with a story of a couple at various......read more

This video for Romanian musician Subcarpati, an animation of a street sign figure coming to life, shows some major commitment to creativity. According to the film's creators, Ionut Negrila and Mihai Calota, “The story makes more sense if you understand the lyrics." Well, we don't, but that's not keeping us from falling in love with it. The zero-budget production involved 57......read more

Newly signed to Toronto label One Big Silence, Rituals has released a video for "Our Blood," the lead single from the band's upcoming 12", Mesmerized. The track itself is a blistering slice of post-punk, here contrasted with some strikingly shot visuals from director Cameron Morse, with colorization effects executed by Rituals' frontman Adam Seward. "This was basically my first video project, so......read more

We wouldn't normally get too fussed about a light painting video, but this clip from Helsinki's Anssi Maatta takes it to a whole other level. At first we assumed we were watching basic stop motion action with some heavy touch-up in post. Not so. The whole video was shot live on location -- no stop motion, no still photos, and no 3D strokes.
We're dumbfounded. Anyone have any idea how he made......read more

Custom software and a projector used to "paint" city walls around Europe

High-tech art outfit Sweatshoppe (aka artist-programmers Blake Shaw and Bruno Levy) are taking video art into new territory with their brand of "video painting," seen here in action in cities around Europe. Armed with a projector, a roller, and some homemade software, the duo hit the night streets to paste up short-lived video collages on city walls.
But what......read more

In an effort to establish new platforms for public art and performance, the multimedia duo SWEATSHOPPE has developed a new interactive technology that enables them to explore the relationship between video, mark making and architecture. Dubbed "video painting", this technology allows them to essentially "paint" video onto any surface. Shooting in Queens, Brooklyn, and......read more